Ascent
By Chris Bonington

Sir Chris Boningtonand memoirand Ascentand will chartand not only his many triumphs in the climbing world - such as theand Eiger, and theand Himalayaand - but also the struggles he has faced in his life bringing up a family, and maintaining a successful and loving marriage over the decades of travelling the world to conquer mountains.and and and He has undertakenand nineteen Himalayan expeditions, including four toand Mount Everestand which he climbed inand 1985 at the age of fifty,and and has made many first ascents in the Alps and greater ranges of the world. Along the way we will be fascinated by his many daring climbs, near-death adventures, and the many luminaries of the mountain fraternity he has climbed with, and in some cases - witness their deaths on the rock. The mercurialand Dougal Haston; the legendary-toughand Don Whillans, the philosopher of the rockand Stephen Venables, and the enigmaticand Doug Scott, plus many more - this will be an expert's opinion on the past sixty years of British/ world mountaineering.Inand Ascentand Chris also discusses his first wife (Wendy)and who tragicallyand passed away after a long battle with motor neuron diseaseand - his many years of caring for her, and then in his twilight years deciding to return to an iconic climb from his past - The Old Man of Hoy - to summit at the age of 80 years of age. He has now also found love again amidst the sadness and grief. It isand a truly inspirational tale.